March 26, 2024 — A select few of the University of Florida College of Medicine’s elite students, residents and faculty were elected for lifelong membership into a highly prestigious national organization, the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, in an annual banquet March 14.

Since the society’s establishment in 1902, over 200,000 physicians and medical students have been inducted from medical schools across the country. The UF Beta Chapter was established in May 1960 and was the 85th local chapter to be chartered.

For students, membership is limited to those who have excelled academically and in leadership, scholarship, character, service and future potential as a physician. Only one-fifth of the total class enrollment may be chosen, and the final determination is held by vote from faculty and student members.

The society is founded on the principle that its members should “be worthy to serve the suffering” and dedicated to improving care for all by recognizing high educational achievement, honoring gifted teaching, encouraging the development of leaders in academia and the community, supporting the ideals of humanism and promoting service to others.

View a list of the UF College of Medicine’s new AOA members below:

Faculty members

Maria Bruzzone, M.D., clinical assistant professor, department of neurology

William Greene, M.D., associate professor, department of psychiatry

Jennifer Hunt, M.D., M.Ed., interim dean

Carmen Isache, M.D., associate professor of medicine, UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville

Leigh Neumayer, M.D., M.B.A., M.S., professor and chair, department of surgery, UF College of Medicine –Jacksonville

Christina Wilson, M.D., Ph.D., chief, division of vascular neurology

Chief resident members

Jonathan Harder, M.D., department of medicine

Tatsiana Kryvitskaya, M.D., department of anesthesiology

Vishal Patel, M.D., department of medicine

Madeline Smoot, M.D., department of medicine

Andrew Stein, M.D., department of medicine

Resident members

Patrick Kohz, M.D., department of surgery

Andres Lopez, M.D., department of orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation, UF College of Medicine – Jacksonville

Lane Mclendon, M.D., department of pediatrics

Walker Ueland, M.D., department of surgery

Class of 2024 student members

Chelsea “CJ” Arcalas

Riley Bohan

Jackson Brunner

Alexandria Danyluk

Jeffrey Dela Cruz

Grace DeSena

William Dodd

Kerry Farlie

Graeme Fenton

Julia Fortier

Ally Fraser

Michael Goutnik

Iris Harrison

Matthew Johnson

Caroline Lamoutte

Sydney Levy

Marlee Mallat

Markos Mardourian

Frank Miralles Lopez

Lucie Moore

Rolando Otero

Hassan Perera Mesa

Daniel Reich

Monica Rodriguez-Fernandez

Nikita Sareen

Niria Shah

Shivani Shah

Miranda Solly